Wichita eagle., 1887-05-28


within, then imperturbably continued:
THE appearance Of this rascal upon th
scene explained everything. Taken unaware
by the approach Of my scouting party, I'd
kabyle. not having time To IS, had conceale,
himself in this monstroas jar. used by HI
race for storing oil, OF which they consuu,
an immense quantity. There, plunged j.
greasy fluid half way up his body, he haf
waited, pistol in hand, ready TO blow ont III,
brains of the first one who should venture Il
show his nose at the opening Of the Jar, are
the sergeant had also been taken in the trap
"The skin Of this fellow had cost Us NOR,
than 1t was worth, but he would murder I,
one else, and it now only ra,naifled for Us 4
| return to the bivouac.
AMY lieutenant, cried The corporal at this
instant; my lieutenant, something move
over there pointing to a dusky corner
Something IS croucbinr tierer And tie
man was Matchmaking was there, but 4
was nothing behind which an assassin rniah,
conceal himself. And now" saidthe general
. with smile Il VIII give ven thousan,
gueSses to divine what saw-what I found
a little girl of or Z years old, clad in trousers
of silken stuff, a chemisette Of gaUza, q scull
| cap of velvet, embroidered with scqTins. and
as beautiful as an angel. She neither cried nor
| sought to escape rs l approached her nearer,
but on the contrary held ont her little arms.
| all loaded with silver bracelets. I lifted Ter
like feather, and carrying her to the E-ht,
| showed her to my men. They were not tender
nor soft Of heart, thoss tired and bcttIo
/ stained soldiers. but she smiled upon them
| with such co1f5din- sUe et1ess that 1kev eric !
out in chorus: Take lar to mother Clam-
| pOreau; she loves the little midgets Coarlvv
And the men advised me well. for mother
| ChampOreau, the c0utinisrc Of oar company,
was faithful soul, who had seen fifteen wears
I Of constant service and twelve campaigns.
Never eonsoied for the loss an Of only sen
| killed at the taking Of Aigiers, sha would care
for the little one kindly.
"With the child in my arms [retuTued to the
bivouac Of the company. Twas well received
by my comrades, dclichtej 70 nay court to
our new acquisition. Tor her part, she was
in no wise intmilated. only, as she did not
know q word Of French, the services Of tie
marshafs interpreter were called into reluisi-
ton, and she soon explained to him that She
was not Kaby.c which we knew before,
but an Arab child by the name Of Baia. Her
father, a man of high rank, for there are
mobiles there as well as here, had been sent en-
mission to the Tliysas by tie Emir Add q
kader, and she did not know what had be-
come of him in the battle we had gained. She
had hidden in the corner Of the hut where We
had found her, afraid to move or cry.
"The next day, as the father Of the child
had been found among the dead on tie field
of battle, l gave her into the caro- Of Mother
Champoreau, with whom she remained until
the end Of the expedition, which was not for
long.
"On cur return to Alr;ers I asked for and
obtained permission to take charge Of her
education; 10 one had q better right. for it
was I who lad found and rescued Ter from
q place in which She would certainly have
died but for our arrival I aftcrward placed
her at school with the sisters who keep pen
sion at - for orphaned little ones"
"But, general interrupted the doctor,
great gourmand by the way, "you hayen'5
told US word of that recipe for rabbit with
olives
"Nevertheless, the general responded, "I1l
reach it in time. In fact. Pm there now, as
was about to describe to you Tie state Of
starvation in which we reached the camp at
the,end of that eventual day-t1e day which
had closed with the discovery Of mv IiuIe
protege. One Of the zouaglF. on Tire way
down the mountains, bad SHOT brace II
rabbits. We wanted them for supper. Int
had no means Of roasting them for i.ck or =
proper spit. One OF the Taal solved the q d
Guilty by asking us q allow lin o. prepare
them in his own way. and with q s-uea for
which he lad gathered the ingredients on tbs
battle field
"Wel!, to cut it short he toiIsl the rabbits
and stuffed them I'-u-l.siiv r5 % olie-s-iHs